Westfield Approves $1.1M To Buy New Fire Truck, Refurbish Older Truck

WESTFIELD, NJ — A new fire truck will be purchased and an older fire truck will be refurbished for just over $1.1 million in Westfield.

Councilman David Contract said the decision to refurbish one truck would be a "significant dollar savings" to the Town.

The Westfield Town Council passed two resolutions on Tuesday to authorize the purchase of a new fire pumper engine for $899,000 and the reconditioning and refurbishment of one of their existing fire engine trucks for $282,000.

Both contracts were awarded to Absolute Fire Protection, 2800 Hamilton Boulevard, South Plainfield.

"I think this is a really good example of being creative in spending tax dollars wisely," said Contract at the meeting. "We could of, as a Finance Committee, say let's just buy two fire trucks. But working together we said, 'That is a big cost. Is there a different, better way to get us to the goal?' "Which is to make sure we have the right equipment to take care of Westfield’s needs."

Contract thanked Fire Chief Michael Duelks "for being flexible and open-minded and coming back with a really good plan."

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